UN Documents Most Recent

  • 10 February 1984

    S/16338

    This was a letter from the Secretary-General to Iran announcing his intention to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate attacks in civilian areas.

  • 10 February 1984

    S/16337

    This was a letter from the Secretary-General to Iraq announcing his intention to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate attacks in civilian areas.

  • 18 November 1983

    S/RES/541

    This resolution invalidated the creation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

  • 3 November 1983

    S/16128

    This was a letter from Iran which alleged that chemical weapons were being used by Iraq.

  • 23 September 1983

    A/RES/38/1

    This resolution admitted Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Christopher and Nevis) as a member of the UN.

  • 22 September 1983

    S/RES/537

    This resolution recommended Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Christopher and Nevis) for UN membership.

  • 12 September 1983

    S/PV.2476

    This was an open debate after Korean Air Lines flight 007, with 269 people aboard, was shot down by a Soviet fighter plane.

  • 8 September 1983

    S/PV.2474

    This was an open debate on Korean Air Lines flight 007, with 269 people aboard, shot down by a Soviet fighter plane.

  • 2 September 1983

    S/PV.2470

    This was an open debate on the Korean Air Lines flight 007, with 269 people aboard, shot down by a Soviet fighter plane.

  • 20 June 1983

    S/15834

    This was the report of the first UN mission to inspect civilian areas within Iran and Iraq which had been subject to military attacks.

  • 22 April 1983

    S/19835

    This was a letter from the Secretary-General to the Council that called for the UNGOMAP deployment of a military force to observe the implementation of the peace treaty. Its Annex contains the text of the Geneva Accords.

  • 13 March 1983

    A/RES/37/253

    This resolution expressed support for the inter-communal talks and 1977-1979 agreements, considered the withdrawal of all occupation forces from the Republic of Cyprus as an essential basis for the solution of the problem and called for the respect of freedom of settlement and right to property.

  • 21 December 1982

    S/96/Rev.7

    This is the most current version of the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council.

  • 18 October 1982

    S/RES/523

    This resolution extended the mandate of UNIFIL by 3 months and authorised it to conduct humanitarian tasks.

  • 17 September 1982

    S/RES/520

    This resolution condemned the Israeli incursions and demanded an Israeli withdrawal.

  • 1 August 1982

    S/RES/516

    This resolution authorised the deployment of military observers in and around Beirut.

  • 6 June 1982

    S/RES/509

    This resolution demanded that Israel immediately withdraw all military forces from Lebanon.

  • 17 December 1981

    S/RES/497

    This resolution nullified Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.

  • 11 December 1981

    S/RES/494

    This resolution recommended the appointment of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

  • 11 November 1981

    A/RES/36/26

    This resolution admitted Antigua and Barbuda as a member of the UN.

  • 10 November 1981

    S/RES/492

    This resolution recommended Antigua and Barbuda for UN membership.

  • 25 September 1981

    A/RES/36/3

    This resolution admitted Belize as a member of the UN.

  • 23 September 1981

    S/RES/491

    This resolution recommended Belize for UN membership.

  • 15 September 1981

    A/RES/36/1

    This resolution admitted Vanuatu as a member of the UN.

  • 8 July 1981

    S/RES/489

    This resolution recommended Vanuatu for UN membership.

  • 19 June 1981

    S/RES/487

    This resolution strongly condemned Israel’s military attack, considered that the attack constitute a serious threat to the entire safeguards regime of the IAEA and called upon Israel to place its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards.

  • 12 June 1981

    S/14532

    This resolution condemned Israel for the “unjustified attack” on Iraq’s Osirak reactor, reaffirmed that the Agency’s safeguards system was the only reliable means of verifying peaceful use of nuclear facilities, and requested the Director-General to submit this resolution to the Security Council.

  • 19 December 1980

    S/RES/484

    This resolution reaffirmed the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to Israeli treatment of civilians in the Palestinian territories.

  • 11 November 1980

    A/RES/35/19

    This was a resolution that referred to “the continued occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco”.

  • 16 September 1980

    A/RES/35/1

    This resolution admitted Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as a member of the UN.

  • 25 August 1980

    A/RES/S-11/1

    This General Assembly resolution admitted Zimbabwe as a member of the UN.

  • 20 August 1980

    S/RES/478

    This resolution censured Israeli enactment of the “basic law” on Jerusalem.

  • 30 July 1980

    S/RES/477

    This resolution recommended Zimbabwe for UN membership.

  • 30 June 1980

    S/RES/476

    This resolution reconfirmed the illegality of Israeli actions to change the character and status of Jerusalem.

  • 20 May 1980

    S/RES/469

    This resolution deplored Israel’s failure to implement resolution 468.

  • 8 May 1980

    S/RES/468

    This resolution called upon Israel to rescind the expulsion of three Palestinian leaders from Hebron and Halhoul.

  • 1 March 1980

    S/RES/465

    This resolution deplored Israeli settlement policy in the occupied territories and reiterated that the settlements have no legal validity.

  • 25 February 1980

    S/PV.2200

    This was on the situation in the Middle East.

  • 19 February 1980

    S/RES/464

    This resolution recommended Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for UN membership.

  • 14 January 1980

    A/RES/ES-6/2

    In an emergency session, the General Assembly condemned the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet troops.

  • 9 January 1980

    S/RES/462

    This resolution invoked Uniting for Peace by calling for an emergency session of the General Assembly, following a veto by the Soviet Union on a draft resolution that would have called on its forces to withdraw from Afghanistan.

  • 21 December 1979

    S/RES/460

    This resolution terminated Council sanctions on Southern Rhodesia.

  • 21 November 1979

    A/RES/34/37

    This resolution referred to “the continued occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco”.

  • 18 September 1979

    A/RES/34/1

    This resolution admitted Saint Lucia as a member of the UN.

  • 12 September 1979

    S/RES/453

    This resolution recommended Saint Lucia for UN membership.

  • 20 July 1979

    S/RES/452

    The Council accepted the recommendations in a report (S/13450) submitted by a commission it set up to look into the Israeli settlements.

  • 19 July 1979

    S/PV.2157

    This was on the situation in the Middle East.

  • 15 June 1979

    S/RES/451

    This resolution urged the parties to proceed with inter-communal talks within the framework of the 19 May High Level agreement.

  • 31 May 1979

    S/13369

    This report contained the agreement reached between the two leaders on 18 and 19 May 1979.

  • 22 March 1979

    S/RES/446

    This resolution declared that settlements in occupied territories have no legal validity and the legal status of Jerusalem cannot be validly altered unilaterally.

  • 18 December 1978

    A/RES/33/107

    This resolution admitted the Commonwealth of Dominica as a member of the UN.

  • 6 December 1978

    S/RES/442

    This resolution recommended the Commonwealth of Dominica for UN membership.

  • 9 November 1978

    A/RES/33/15

    This resolution recommended the Council to adopt “all appropriate and practical measures under the Charter” for ensuring the implementation of resolutions on Cyprus, “within a time frame.”

  • 23 October 1978

    S/RES/438

    This resolution renewed UNEF’s mandate.

  • 19 September 1978

    A/RES/33/1

    This resolution admitted Solomon Islands as a member of the UN.

  • 18 September 1978

    S/PV.2085

    This meeting was on the situation in the Middle East.

  • 17 August 1978

    S/RES/433

    This resolution recommended Solomon Islands for UN membership.

  • 30 June 1978

    A/S-10/2

    This was the final document of the General Assembly’s first Special Session on disarmament.

  • 3 May 1978

    S/RES/427

    This resolution approved the Secretary-General’s request to increase the strength of UNIFIL.

  • 19 March 1978

    S/RES/426

    This resolution established UNIFIL.

  • 19 March 1978

    S/12611

    This was a report from the Secretary-General on Lebanon.

  • 19 March 1978

    S/RES/425

    This resolution called for strict respect for the international integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon, urged Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory, and established UNIFIL.

  • 9 December 1977

    S/RES/421

    This resolution established a sanctions committee to monitor the arms embargo against South Africa.

  • 6 December 1977

    A/RES/32/128

    This resolution requested the establishment of an investigatory body with the participation of the Red Cross to speedily resolve the issue of missing persons in Cyprus.

  • 9 November 1977

    A/RES/32/15

    This resolution recommended the Council to adopt “all appropriate and practical measures under the Charter” for ensuring the implementation of resolutions on Cyprus, “within a time frame.”

  • 4 November 1977

    S/RES/418

    This resolution imposed a mandatory ban on all states from engaging in "any cooperation with South Africa in the manufacture and development of nuclear weapons".

  • 20 September 1977

    A/RES/32/1

    This resolution admitted Djibouti as a member of the UN.

  • 20 September 1977

    A/RES/32/2

    This resolution admitted Viet Nam as a member of the UN.

  • 20 July 1977

    S/RES/413

    This resolution recommended the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for UN membership.

  • 7 July 1977

    S/RES/412

    This resolution recommended Djibouti for UN membership.

  • 15 June 1977

    S/RES/410

    This resolution emphasised the need for the parties to adhere to the High Level agreement reached on 12 February 1977.

  • 27 May 1977

    S/RES/409

    This resolution urged compliance with Council resolutions on Southern Rhodesia, inter alia.

  • 30 April 1977

    S/12323

    This report contained the 12 February agreement between the two leaders.

  • 15 December 1976

    A/RES/31/104

    This resolution admitted Western Samoa as a member of the UN.

  • 8 December 1976

    A/RES/31/60

    This resolution renewed appointment of Kurt Waldheim.

  • 7 December 1976

    S/RES/400

    This resolution recommended the reappointment of Kurt Waldheim.

  • 1 December 1976

    A/RES/31/44

    This resolution admitted Angola as a member of the UN.

  • 1 December 1976

    S/RES/399

    This resolution recommended Western Samoa for UN membership.

  • 26 November 1976

    A/RES/31/21

    This was the General Assembly request for reconsideration of the application of Viet Nam by the Security Council.

  • 22 November 1976

    S/RES/397

    This resolution recommended Angola for UN membership.

  • 15 November 1976

    S/PV.1972

    This was on the application of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

  • 10 November 1976

    S/12226

    This was a draft resolution on the application for membership of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, vetoed, by the US on 15 November 1976.

  • 21 September 1976

    A/RES/31/1

    This resolution admitted Seychelles as a member of the UN.

  • 16 August 1976

    S/RES/394

    This resolution recommended Seychelles for UN membership.

  • 6 April 1976

    S/RES/388

    This resolution urged compliance with Council resolutions on Southern Rhodesia, inter alia.

  • 22 March 1976

    S/PV.1894

    This meeting was on the situation in the Middle East.

  • 22 February 1976

    Resolution 4 (XXXII)

    This was a resolution from the Commission on Human Rights calling for the intensification of efforts aimed at tracing and accounting for missing persons.

  • 6 February 1976

    S/PV.1888

    During this meeting, article 27 (3) on obligatory abstentions was only raised after the vote.

  • 13 December 1975

    S/RES/383

    This resolution reaffirmed the provision of resolution 186.

  • 11 December 1975

    A/RES/3472 B (XXX)

    This resolution outlined the criteria for nuclear weapons-free zones.